{"id":324573,"date":"2017-11-04T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-04T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ifp.co.in\/item\/4798-saikul-celebrates-chavang-kut-amidst-fanfare"},"modified":"2017-11-04T14:30:00","modified_gmt":"2017-11-04T18:30:00","slug":"saikul-celebrates-chavang-kut-amidst-fanfare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/2017\/11\/04\/saikul-celebrates-chavang-kut-amidst-fanfare\/","title":{"rendered":"Saikul celebrates Chavang Kut amidst fanfare"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Saikul<\/div>\n
\n

By A Staff Reporter<\/p>\n

IMPHAL | Nov 4<\/p>\n

Despite the differences in religious belief, political opinion the people of the state must not forget that we are one, said former minister Govindas Konthoujam.<\/p>\n

Govindas stated this while speaking as the chief guest of Saikul Block Level Kut celebration held today at Saikul block ground.<\/p>\n

The post harvest festival of the Chin-Kuki-Mizo (CHIKIM), Chavang Kut was celebrated amidst fanfare.<\/p>\n

The celebration was scheduled to be held on October 30 however it was postponed following incessant rainfall.<\/p>\n

Govindas Konthoujam, further in his speech said that India has a unique character envied by several developed countries which is the unity in diversity, which according to him should be preserved by everyone.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are one, we don\u2019t have differences. It is religion that divide us and politics venoms that keep us apart\u201d, he opined.<\/p>\n

The Congress MLA called on the people to celebrate the Kut, which is the symbol of unity, for peace, harmony tranquility and prosperity.<\/p>\n

Taking the opportunity of the celebration, he also expressed the need to preserve nature before appealing to the people to take part in protecting the natural environment surrounding us.<\/p>\n

The event was also attended by Saikul MLA, Yamthong Haokip as president and Thangjakam Misao chief of Thangkanphai village as chief host (Kut pa).<\/p>\n

The Kut celebration\u201d was officially declared opened by chief host followed by a reenactment of paddy harvesting by the chief guest his entourage.<\/p>\n

The celebration under the theme \u201cCelebration o Cultural Heritage and Brotherhood\u201d, was orgnaised by Saikul Block Level Kut Committee.<\/p>\n

A large number of people from different parts of Saikul block and other parts of the state turned up to witnessed the Kut celebration at the Saikul block ground.<\/p>\n

The Kut celebration was marked with musical performances by renowned Kuki artists, cultural troupes including Nepalis, Gorkhas residing in the Saikul area and Miss Kut beauty pageant.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

Read more \/ Original news source: http:\/\/www.ifp.co.in\/item\/4798-saikul-celebrates-chavang-kut-amidst-fanfare<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"Saikul<\/div>\n
\n

By A Staff Reporter<\/p>\n

IMPHAL | Nov 4<\/p>\n

Despite the differences in religious belief, political opinion the people of the state must not forget that we are one, said former minister Govindas Konthoujam.<\/p>\n

Govindas stated this while speaking as the chief guest of Saikul Block Level Kut celebration held today at Saikul block ground.<\/p>\n

The post harvest festival of the Chin-Kuki-Mizo (CHIKIM), Chavang Kut was celebrated amidst fanfare.<\/p>\n

The celebration was scheduled to be held on October 30 however it was postponed following incessant rainfall.<\/p>\n

Govindas Konthoujam, further in his speech said that India has a unique character envied by several developed countries which is the unity in diversity, which according to him should be preserved by everyone.<\/p>\n

“We are one, we don’t have differences. It is religion that divide us and politics venoms that keep us apart”, he opined.<\/p>\n

The Congress MLA called on the people to celebrate the Kut, which is the symbol of unity, for peace, harmony tranquility and prosperity.<\/p>\n

Taking the opportunity of the celebration, he also expressed the need to preserve nature before appealing to the people to take part in protecting the natural environment surrounding us.<\/p>\n

The event was also attended by Saikul MLA, Yamthong Haokip as president and Thangjakam Misao chief of Thangkanphai village as chief host (Kut pa).<\/p>\n

The Kut celebration” was officially declared opened by chief host followed by a reenactment of paddy harvesting by the chief guest his entourage.<\/p>\n

The celebration under the theme “Celebration o Cultural Heritage and Brotherhood”, was orgnaised by Saikul Block Level Kut Committee.<\/p>\n

A large number of people from different parts of Saikul block and other parts of the state turned up to witnessed the Kut celebration at the Saikul block ground.<\/p>\n

The Kut celebration was marked with musical performances by renowned Kuki artists, cultural troupes including Nepalis, Gorkhas residing in the Saikul area and Miss Kut beauty pageant.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15434,4],"tags":[2733,15447],"class_list":["post-324573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ifp","category-news","tag-ifp","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324573"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":324574,"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324573\/revisions\/324574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}